> ## Documentation Index
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# Items (Giving Categories)

> Set up and manage the giving categories shown on your donation form.

## What are items?

Items are the giving categories donors choose from when making a donation -- General Fund, Missions, Building Fund, Youth Ministry, and so on. Every donation is assigned to an item, which is how your reporting breaks down giving by category.

## Viewing your items

Go to **Settings > Items**. The table shows all your giving items with their name, description, whether it is the default item, whether it is visible on the giving form, and when it was created.

## Adding an item

Click **Add Item** and fill in:

* **Name** -- what donors see on the giving form (e.g. "Building Fund")
* **Description** -- optional short description shown to donors
* **Default** -- if toggled on, this item is pre-selected when a donor opens the giving form
* **Visible** -- controls whether this item appears on the public giving form. Hidden items can still receive donations via campaigns or direct API calls

## Examples

| Organization type | Example items                                                      |
| ----------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------ |
| Church            | General Fund, Missions, Building Fund, Youth Ministry, Benevolence |
| Nonprofit         | Annual Fund, Program Support, Capital Campaign, Scholarship Fund   |
| School            | Tuition, Athletics, Field Trips, Scholarship                       |

## Tips

* Keep item names short and clear -- donors see them on the giving form
* Only mark one item as **Default** -- this is the pre-selected option when the form loads
* Hide items that are no longer active rather than deleting them -- this preserves historical reporting data
* Items used by active campaigns cannot be hidden without first updating those campaigns